How to grow your payments app with fire extinguisher servicing firms
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Fire extinguisher servicing firms supply extinguishers, fire blankets and safety signs, then return, usually once a year, to check, refill or replace them. Their customers are shops, offices, restaurants, workshops, schools and landlords. New equipment is often paid for on the day, while yearly service visits are billed per extinguisher or as a set fee. A payments app that handles on-the-spot sales, yearly service fees and invoices can win fire extinguisher servicing firms, and every business that pays them sees your app.
Talk to fire extinguisher servicing firms
Ask local fire extinguisher servicing firms:
- How do customers pay for new extinguishers?
- How do you bill the yearly service visit?
- Do customers pay on the day or by invoice?
- How long do invoices take to be paid?
Get paid for new equipment on the day
A link sent when new extinguishers or blankets are fitted lets the customer pay straight away, so the firm is not carrying the cost of the stock.
Keep yearly service fees on time
A link sent after each yearly visit, or a regular payment set up once, means service fees arrive on time and the firm can plan its rounds.
Grow through safety businesses
Fire extinguisher firms work alongside security installers, electricians and workplace trainers. When those businesses take payments through your app, each firm can bring more of them onto it.
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Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about workplace trainers?
The first aid and workplace training providers guide covers selling course places online and whole courses to employers who want an invoice.
First aid and workplace training providers →What about security installers?
The security and CCTV installers guide covers fitting cameras, alarms and gates for homes and shops, often with a deposit and a monthly service fee.
Security and CCTV installers →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.